Jessica Pratesi

Jessica Pratesi Octochamp Statistics
Final position	TBC
Seeding	TBC
Points total	822
Conundrums solved	5

Jessica Pratesi in Series 67...

...and 12 years later in Series 89.

Jessica Pratesi was a contestant in Series 67 and an octochamp in 89. Before her first appearance, she appeared at the Co-events COLIN 2012 and CO:REA 2012. As of her second appearance, she was an indoor air quality consultant from Leyton in London, and she will almost certainly return for the end-of-series finals in June.

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Series 67

On her first televised appearance, she lost by one point after missing the crucial conundrum AUGMENTID, which incumbent contestant Liam Shaw turned into MAGNITUDE to not only win but also confirm his status as an octochamp.

Series 89

As a result of that matchup, Pratesi returned 11-and-a-half years later and kicked off with a century against one-time-winner and Apterite Anthony Noonan. This time, her quest for octochampdom could not be stopped as Jessica racked up seven more victories; five of those were century games, which included a high of 123. She also picked out the nine-letter words LEGATIONS and CLUSTERED; the latter coming during her personal best game.

After having to come back for an unexpected third filming day owing to one of her original opponents being unwell, she wrapped up with a very round 100 against challenger and fellow returning contestant Steven Henton, to become the 7th octochamp of the series in under 4 months. She finished with a final total of 822 points to place as the provisional third seed, 8 points below Toby Byfield.

Other Information

She has also been a competitive Scrabble player and represented England at the World Youth Scrabble Championships, finishing 9th in the 2012 tournament. She is a two-time UK Youth Scrabble Champion, in 2010 and 2012 as well. Her father, Mauro, is the chairman of the London Scrabble League, and was previously a contestant in Series 65 (he also lost on a crucial conundrum). She was born in December 1995, and became the youngest person to play at a London Scrabble League fixture on 16 May 2004.

Her younger sister, Natasha – also a former competitive Scrabble player – later appeared on the show five years after Jessica in Series 76, but also lost after incorrectly answering a crucial conundrum whilst being 10 points behind. However, a teapot was awarded to Natasha on the basis that the mother of Jessica and Natasha, two-time winner Diane, appeared in Series 18 before the teapot was introduced.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
5555	26/09/2012	P	Liam Shaw	83 – 82	Jessica Pratesi	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Alistair McGowan	Susie Dent	122
8243	03/04/2024	P	Anthony Noonan	51 – 109	Jessica Pratesi	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	135
8244	04/04/2024	P	Jessica Pratesi	110 – 54	Chris Craddock	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	122
8245	05/04/2024	P	Jessica Pratesi	83 – 47	Jack Salisbury	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	144
8246	08/04/2024	P	Jessica Pratesi	106 – 33	David Long	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Nighat Arif	Susie Dent	144
8247	09/04/2024	P	Jessica Pratesi	123 – 35	Dave Bennett	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Nighat Arif	Susie Dent	137
8248	10/04/2024	P	Jessica Pratesi	104 – 45	Mark O'Shaughnessy	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Nighat Arif	Susie Dent	133
8249	11/04/2024	P	Jessica Pratesi	87 – 72	Gareth Ellis	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Nighat Arif	Susie Dent	122
8250	12/04/2024	P	Jessica Pratesi	100 – 58	Steve Henton	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	JB Gill	Susie Dent	125

External Links

• One of her Scrabble games